Old Style Leather Buttons

[Al Pebworth]

A search in the archives turned up this information:

https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/1998-January/000333.html

We do this on the Steinway Player Grands, and any others that use the leather buttons, and they look just like they left the factory.

Al, the Player Piano Guy
Chesapeake, Va

--- On Wed, 6/25/08, Paul Chick <tune4u at fmwildblue.com> wrote:
From: Paul Chick <tune4u at fmwildblue.com>
Subject: RE: Old Style Leather Buttons
To: ilvey at sbcglobal.net, "'Pianotech List'" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 9:36 PM

RE: Old Style Leather Buttons


 
 







   

   





RE:
Old Style Leather Buttons 





Paul, 

If you have an old one, I'd imagine you could punch the same diameter with
shoe leather and glue it into the existing hole?   What is special
about the holes?    

David Ilvedson, RPT

Pacifica, CA 94044 

oNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">Subject: Old Style Leather Buttons 

List members: 

A client wants the original leather buttons installed on his
ebony grand.  They are glued into a specially shaped hole in the lid,
etc.  Wasn’t there an article in the PTJ about how to make/replace these
bumpers.  Some of them were lost in the veneer repair stages.  I
usually fill the old holes and use a stem bumper that’s available through
supply houses.  But he wants to stay as original as possible.  Right
now, all I have is  modified spade bits for the convex and concave
profiles to form the holes. 

Paul C 

   

The shape that remains in the “bumper
places,” have crowned center with the edge recessed into the wood, I’m guessing
the enhance the “crown” shape of the bumper. 

Paul C 



 

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